| Eastern General Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | NHS Lothian |
| Region: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
| Emergency: | No |
| Founded: | 1907 |
| Closed: | 2007 |
| Map Type: | Scotland Edinburgh |
| Coordinates: | 55.9685°N -3.1463°W |
The Eastern General Hospital was a health facility in Seafield Street in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Lothian at its time of closure and prior to that was managed by Lothian Health Board.[1] [2]
The hospital was designed by Joseph Marr Johnston and was established in 1907 by Leith Parish Council as the Leith Poorhouse.[3] Although it was built in two sections, a poorhouse section and a hospital section, the poorhouse section was almost immediately converted for medical use.[3] It was requisitioned for military use during the First World War.[4] An operating theatre and accommodation for nurses was added at this point.[5] In 1931, plans were approved for conversion to a hospital.[6] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and developed considerable expertise in prosthetics[7] before closing in 2007.[4]